30 children is a lot of children

30 children is a lot of children.

30 children of all ages, all keen to have fun, are a huge challenge.

The day before yesterday, we held a lovely workshop at the Chiringuito in Aldehuela de Yeltes.

We introduced all the children in the village to the excellent recipe book "Las recetas de Brownie" by Ester, Luci’s daughter-in-law and a neighbour from Aldehuela.

We then read out one of the recipes – specifically ‘Pancakes’ – and worked together to make the batter.

This meant we had enough batter for every boy and girl to enjoy at least one pancake.

We rounded off the workshop with a go at the chocolate coulant from the book, and the children had a brilliant time making lollipops out of fruit or marshmallows, dipped in chocolate.

We had a brilliant time,

30 children is a lot of children, but cultural activities shouldn’t be denied to children in villages.

And Today Álvar and Martín were having a summarize of the activity in english...They had study food vocabulary at school and They know very well irregular verbs in present and inn past....the famous list!...but we put It into practice It in the real context They lived two days ago.

So, They have written about the experience twelve lines and here you have what Álvar has written and After reading aloud.

Link audio

Football World Cup

Today we were doing our BEST in reading  comprehensión and creation activities.

We were using a fantastic ressource about the World Cup.

It is a fantastic way of learning with focusing in their interests

And tomorrow we will finish with simetry activities and drawing tasks.

 After that, they Will explain the meaning of their creations. 

Here my kids working hard:

Workshop "Go Spain"

 

English time, World Cup 2026

History. 

Every few years, in a different country around the world, there's a big sports competition. It's like the Olympics but only for one sport. The most popular sport in the world! What do you know about the history of the FIFA World Cup?.

World cup 2026 ( listening)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/videos/cq51d9d97wno

Fun Facts World Cup 2026. (Reading)

Fact 1. Expanded Tournament, More Excitement

With 48 teams and 104 matches, this World Cup will be the largest edition yet, offering more chances for upsets and underdog stories!

Fact 2. A Spectacle at the Final

For the very first time in World Cup history, the final will feature a halftime show, rather like to the Super Bowl. Coldplay is rumoured to be helping select the performers. Something to look forward to!

Fact 3. A Tri-Nation Hosting First

This is the first time three countries have shared hosting duties. While the United States and Mexico have hosted before, Canada will be hosting the men's World Cup for the first time ever.

Fun activities to do at home.

To develop pir creativity we are going to do a Big banner to encourage Spain.

Elements to use:

1. The golden cup.

2. Team Flags:

3. Mascotas.

4. Some useful expressions:

1. "Go Spain!" (¡Vamos España!)
2. "Let's go, Spain!" (¡Vamos, España!)
3. "Spain for the win!" (España a por la victoria / ¡A ganar, España! – Se suele abreviar en redes como FTW).
4. "VAMOS! (Yes, we can!)" (¡Vamos! ¡Sí podemos! – Mezclar el "Vamos" con inglés queda genial y tiene mucha fuerza).
5. Champions in the making!" (¡Futuros campeones!)
6. "Spain is unstoppable!" (¡España es imparable!)
7. "Red and Gold until the end!" (¡Roja y Oro hasta el final!)
8. "Believe in the Red Fury!" (¡Crean en la Furia Roja!)

Here some Exemples of It:

English in summer time, of course!!!

We’re kicking off the summer holidays and we’re really looking forward to it. We’ll be relaxing in the heart of the Dehesa Charra, spending time with friends from the village, family and wonderful neighbours.

We live in a village that’s buzzing with life in the summer; the council organises loads of activities. It’s impossible to get bored here!
We haven’t forgotten that learning requires perseverance and a desire to learn… and this summer we’ve already started working on reading, writing and problem-solving in English.
We’ve brought our library of English-language books to the village and have started reading one book a day together, out loud.
Reading aloud is absolutely vital for comprehension, and when it comes to a second language, it also helps to improve pronunciation and spoken fluency.
Yesterday we read Robin Hood and today we’ll be reading stories by Dickens adapted for Year 2 ESO level.

I’ll also be surprising you with a really cool series for 11-year-olds with a high level of English.
The series is called ‘Investigators’.

 
In addition, in the mornings I’ll be consolidating their comprehension and writing skills through simple scenarios in which they have to use sentence structures and recall vocabulary.

I have preapared a big notebook for summer time with spanish, maths and english tasks to do each day.

Álvar has had a relax year, he has  done little progess in learning in general subjects such as spanish or maths. We have done too much at home just to keep the learning progress he could follow.

Martín, has had some traditions teacher and he has worked too much this year...

Both need to practice at home, and my kids have luck...me and my husband are teachers...so learning at home, for them, It is quite easy!!!.

Here some of the tasks they have done:

In the summer it’s time to rest, but when we enjoy something, we love to keep learning… so we’ll carry on with #OneHourEnglishAtHome… but now we’ll be doing it every day.

Gotham, Next Adventure

 As we do every weekend, we spend an hour each day working on communication and expression in English. 

Last week we weren’t able to work at home because Álvar was on a language immersion trip and we were at a wedding in the Basque Country.

We are very lucky to have such excellent professionals involved in every aspect of our children’s overall education. Firstly, Álvar and Martín’s teacher, Cris, who has generously given them the opportunity to attend a language immersion centre in Ávila; secondly, Ivana, the teacher at the INFIL school where we’ve taken A&M since they were very young; and I must also mention Irene, the nanny of one of Álvar’s best friends.

Irene is a real gem for the village of Doñinos. She’s a lovely lady who gives extra tuition and English lessons in the village and runs fantastic workshops so that the children of Doñinos can enjoy unique creative and immersive experiences.

Following the workshop Irene has proposed for the end of this school year, and the other one to do of the next...Today, we have  reviewed the Topic 6 of Year 5th in english at home; and we have worked in a playful, creative way using real-life contexts to express what we are going to find in Gotham Adventure in septembre '26...

By the way..we are going to be part of the 19th june party "TARDEO"...It Will be also nice experiences, of couse!!!

With this in mind, I suggested to Álvar that he make a paper flyer about the adventure Irene will be leading in September. 

Objectives:

1. To practise the future continuous tense in a real-life context.
2. To consciously study the vocabulary from Topic 6.
3. To develop communication skills using simple expressions that answer the ‘5Ws’.

Here some picture about the result:

Conclusions:

1. We have worked happily.
2. We have created a nice educative product in which we can show what we know.
3. We like trainning communication skills with maker culture methodologies.
4. It is nice to do st to express gratitude to some of these nice people Who collaborate with us in bringing Up our kids ( this time we do It for Irene). This is an important value for life, and in our house we try to teach it everyday.

Kids Who travel; kids Who know profit a immersion journey

 Álvar has returned today from his first language immersion trip.

He arrived happy and with a rucksack full of new knowledge.

We can never thank Cris, Ana and Sonsoles enough for their hard work and generosity. Three teachers who have given up their weekend free time to make this language experience accessible to the Year 5 pupils at Doñinos.

They are exemplary, dedicated teachers with a high level of professionalism. Because let’s not kid ourselves, this responsibility outside school hours is unpaid.

The centre where they went for the immersion programme is in Gredos, Ávila.

They took part in some really cool activities, well designed to encourage communication, teamwork and fun.

Álvar has told us that he won several prizes and that he communicated effectively at all times... so we’re continuing to focus on consistent, ongoing work at home in everything...

We usually travel abroad at least twice a year and these experiences are very important for our kids to understand how importan is english nowadays. 

Here are some worksheets from the Gredos Centre